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P A N U P S
Pesticide Action Network Updates Service
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Resource Pointer #233
March 30, 2000
For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate
publishers or organizations directly.
*World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada: Pesticide Reduction is Possible Web site*
http://www.wwf.ca (Follow the link "Take action on pesticides.") Provides
information regarding WWF's pesticide reduction campaign, focusing on
amendments to outdated Pest Control Products Act (PCPA). Features
opportunity to directly email federal Minister of Health Allan Rock and send
sample letter to local Members of Parliament to urge them to introduce new
PCPA. Includes contact list for Canadian pesticide reform groups, pesticide
factsheets, resource lists and recent press releases regarding pesticides.
Contact World Wildlife Fund Canada, 245 Eglinton Ave. E, Suite 410, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M4P 3J1; phone (800) 26-PANDA or (416) 489-8800; fax (416)
489-3611; email panda@wwfcanada.org; Web site http://www.wwf.ca.
*Protecting Groundwater from Pesticides: A Clean Water Action Guide, 2000*
Velma M. Smith, Friends of the Earth. Covers pesticide basics, fundamentals
of groundwater, health effects, pesticides and groundwater, government
response and how to ensure that your area's protection plan is effective.
Includes list of state and federal regulators in the U.S. responsible for
developing pesticide management plans. 67pp. US$10. Also available at
http://www.foe.org/safefood/groundwater or contact Friends of the Earth,
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005-6303; phone (202)
783-7400; fax (202) 783-0444; email foe@foe.org; Web site
http://www.foe.org.
*Clean Water Action Plan: Restoring and Protecting America's Waters, 1998*
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Presents cooperative approach to watershed protection, actions to strengthen
core clean water programs and suggestions for watershed restoration and
protection. Includes discussion of agricultural runoff reduction and
endocrine disruptors. 89 pp. Free. Available at Web sites
http://www.epa.gov/cleanwater or http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/cleanwater/ or
contact Environmental Protection Agency Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 42419,
Cincinnati, OH 45242; phone (800) 490-9198;fax (513) 489-8695.
*Food Safety Issues Associated with Products from Aquaculture, 1999* World
Health Organization. Joint UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Network of
Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific and World Health Organization Study
Group report provides assessment of potential risks to human health from
consumption of farmed fish and shellfish. Covers potential biological and
chemical hazards, including evaluations of several agrochemicals. 55 pp.
US$12.60. Contact World Health Organization Publications Center USA, 49
Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210; phone (518) 436-9686; fax (518) 436-7433;
email Qcorp@compuserve.com.
*Edaphos: Dynamics of a Natural Soil System, Second Edition, 1999* Paul D.
Sachs. Explains detailed relationships between soil and the environment.
Examines soil systems and their interaction with climate, plants, air,
microbes, minerals, animals and water. Features chapters on soil evolution,
water, pests, composting and more. 201 pp. US$14.95. Contact the Edaphic
Press, P.O. Box 107, Newbury, VT 05051; phone (802) 222-4277; fax (802)
222-9661; email ep@connriver.net.
We encourage those interested in having resources listed in the PANUPS
Resource Pointer to send review copies of publications, videos or other
resources to our office.
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